Air Transport

MALETH AERO, Malta took delivery of ex-Virgin Atlantic A340-600 (622) from European Aviation Group for pax charters.

Air France-KLM’s CEO Ben Smith said he would forego his 2020 bonus and promised to speed up restructuring as the airline group moved closer to securing a multi-billion-euro state-guaranteed loan from France.

Lufthansa Group said April 23 that it needs financial assistance by its home countries to be able to survive as it cannot get sufficient access to additional liquidity in financial markets.

Delta Air Lines is looking to Wall Street for $3 billion in additional financing, in an attempt to bolster its cash reserves while revenues remain badly depressed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

WIZZ AIR expects to resume operations at 30% of planned capacity, increasing to up to 80% in existing markets in 2-3 months.

ICAO is projecting scheduled interational pax traffic could drop by as many as 1.2b enplanements in January-September 2020 due to COVID-19 crisis when

Karl Brünjes to Chief Operating Officer of Ardavon, Ireland.

DELTA AIR LINES plans private offering of $1.5b of senior secured notes to bolster liquidity, which was at $6b on March 31.

IATA updated its year-over-year 2020 airline revenue decline projections from COVID-19 to $89b in Europe (vs $76b previously forecasted), $24b in

SOUTH AFRICAN AIRWAYS is looking at possible collapse after government pulled any funding for rescue efforts.

UNITED purchased another ex-Southwest 737-700 (32661) from GECAS as part of overall deal for 19 (SPNWS; July 19).

LGW (Luftfahrtgesellschaft Walter), Germany filed for insolvency in its own administration with the Düsseldorf Local Court after Eurowings was forced

European airlines are warning of the potential effects of social distancing measures onboard aircraft as the industry begins planning for how to restart air transport in the region.

While Russia’s passenger air traffic has almost ground to a halt because of travel restrictions, the country’s largest cargo carrier Volga-Dnepr Airlines is operating at capacity to help combat COVID-19 at home and abroad.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has said it will suspend its production for the Boeing 787 program for up to 10 days in May.

Welcome to Routes’ look at how the Asia-Pacific aviation market is responding to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, helping you understand the schedule changes and manage the impact so we can navigate through this crisis together.

Estonia’s Nordic Aviation Group (NAG) is considering its options for subsidiary Regional Jet after co-owner LOT Polish Airlines refused to participate in a much-needed capital increase.

After missing a March 6 deadline to submit its proposal for an MRO joint venture with Thai Airways at U-Tapao Airport, Airbus has also failed to meet the new deadline of April 20.

Senior and mid-ranking Qatar Airways staff are being asked to forego 50% of their salaries over coming months, with the promise that the deferred portion will be paid to them as soon as the airline is in a position to do so.

High-speed rail long has been the boogeyman to global airliner growth. The novel coronavirus could make it a real competitor.

Airlines are looking ahead to how the coronavirus crisis will affect efforts to reduce environmental impact.

Gogo, a Chicago-based inflight internet provider to business aircraft and airline passengers, plans to furlough about 60% of its workforce and reduce pay for most other employees as part of a plan to reduce costs due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Awaiting guidance from public health authorities, the FAA considered closing the first U.S. air traffic control (ATC) facility affected by the coronavirus for two weeks to prevent the pathogen from spreading, according to the head of the controllers’ union.